Chapter 10.48
LOADING AND UNLOADING

Sections:

10.48.010    Curb loading zone designation.

10.48.020    Permits for curb loading zones.

10.48.030    Standing in passenger curb loading zone.

10.48.040    Standing in freight curb loading zone.

10.48.050    Public carrier stand designation.

10.48.060    Bus and taxicab regulations.

10.48.010 Curb loading zone designation.

The city manager is hereby authorized to determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable. No person shall be granted the right, use, or franchise for vehicle parking of any portion of the surface area of any public highway to the exclusion of any other like person. (Ord. 1522 § 78, 1968).

10.48.020 Permits for curb loading zones.

The city manager shall not hereafter designate or sign any curb loading zone upon special request of any person unless such person makes application for a permit for such zone and for two signs to indicate the ends of each such zone; provided, however, that no permit issued hereunder shall be exclusive. The city manager upon granting a permit and issuing such signs, shall collect from the applicant and deposit in the city treasury a service fee of $50.00 per year or fraction thereof and may by general regulations impose conditions upon the use of such signs and for reimbursement of the city for the value thereof in the event of their loss or damage and their return in the event of misuse or upon expiration of permit. Every such permit shall expire at the end of one year. (Ord. 1522 § 79, 1968).

10.48.030 Standing in passenger curb loading zone.

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes. (Ord. 1522 § 80, 1968).

10.48.040 Standing in freight curb loading zone.

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as a freight curb loading zone during the hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed 30 minutes. (Ord. 1522 § 81, 1968).

10.48.050 Public carrier stand designation.

The city manager is hereby authorized and required to establish bus stops, bus stands, and taxicab stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such public street in such places and in such number as he shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand, or other stand shall be designated by appropriate signs. (Ord. 1522 § 82, 1968).

10.48.060 Bus and taxicab regulations.

(1) The driver of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stand so designated as provided herein.

(2) The driver of a bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop, bus stand, or passenger loading zone so designated as provided herein except in case of an emergency.

(3) The driver of a bus shall enter a bus stop, bus stand, or passenger loading zone on a public street in such a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than 18 inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to impede unduly the movement of other vehicular traffic.

(4) The driver of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as provided herein. This provision shall not prevent the driver of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with the other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of any while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers. (Ord. 1522 § 83, 1968).